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Fayaz Seifuddin
I have made visualizations viewed by hundreds of thousands of people1, sped up query times for 25 terabytes of data by an average of 4,800 times2, and built packages for R3 that let you do magic4.
Currently searching for a position that allows me to build tools leveraging a combination of visualization, machine learning, and software engineering to help people explore and understand their data in new and useful ways.
Education
PhD. Candidate, Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Current - 2015
- Working on Bayesian network models & interactive visualization platforms
- University Graduate Fellow
B.S., Mathematics, Statistics (minor C.S.)
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
2015 - 2011
- Thesis: An agent based model of Diel Vertical Migration patterns of Mysis diluviana
Selected Industry Experience
Data Journalist - Graphics Department
New York Times
New York, New York
2016
- Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
- Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.
Selected Data Science Writing
The Great Student Migration5
The New York Times
N/A
2016
- Most shared and discussed article from the New York Times for August 2016.
Using AWK and R to Parse 25tb6
LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com
N/A
2019
- Story of parsing large amounts of genomics data.
- Provided advice for dealing with data much larger than disk.
- Reached top of HackerNews.
The Traveling Metallurgist7
LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com
N/A
2017
- Pure javascript implementation of traveling salesman solution using simulated annealing.
- Allows reader to customize the number and location of cities to attempt to trick the algorithm.
Links
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/26/us/college-student-migration.html
- https://livefreeordichotomize.com/2019/06/04/using_awk_and_r_to_parse_25tb/
- https://github.com/nstrayer/shinysense
- http://nickstrayer.me/dataDayTexas/
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/26/us/college-student-migration.html?smid=pl-share
- https://livefreeordichotomize.com/2019/06/04/using_awk_and_r_to_parse_25tb/
- https://livefreeordichotomize.com/2017/09/25/the-traveling-metallurgist/